The state of Vermont became the first to abolish adult slavery after declaring the Constitution of Vermont.
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Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot in the city of Naga while giving a speech.
The first public reading of the Declaration of Independence occurred.
Navigator Vasco da Gama of Portugal started his first voyage.
David Humphreys handed out the first recorded US passport.
The Island Express train derailed on the Peruman Bridge in India.